231 | Talk to Me

 

Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing Last Voyage of the Demeter, in theaters August 11.


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230 | Insidious: The Red Door

  • Directed by Patrick Wilson

  • Written by Scott Teems

  • Stars Ty Simpkins, Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne

  • Rated PG-13

  • Runtime: 1hr 47mins 

  • Released July 7, 2023

  • RT: 37% critics, 70% audience

    Synopsis 

    The Lambert family is split up, with Josh and Renai divorced and Josh estranged from his sons. After a college class rekindles repressed memories for son Dalton, he and the rest of the family must again contend with malevolent creatures from “the further” seeking to assume their bodies.

 

Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing Talk to Me, in theaters July 28.


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229 | The Blackening

  • Directed by Tim Story

  • Written by Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins

  • Stars Antoinette Robertson, Dewayne Perkins and Sinqua Walls

  • Rated R

  • Runtime: 1hr 37mins 

  • Premiered at Toronto International Film Festival September 16, 2022

  • Released June 16, 2023

  • RT: 86% critics, 85% audience

    Synopsis 

    A group of college friends reunite ten years later to celebrate Juneteenth at an isolated cabin in the woods. When they discover a mysterious board game, their vacation becomes a fight for their lives.

 

Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing Insidious: The Red Door, in theaters July 7


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228 | Skinamarink

  • Written & Directed by Kyle Edward Ball

  • Stars Lucas Paul, Ross Paul and Dali Rose Tetreault  

  • Unrated

  • Runtime: 1hr 40mins 

  • Premiered at Fantasia International Film Festival July 25, 2022

  • Released January 13, 2023

  • RT: 71% critics, 44% audience 

    Synopsis 

    A brother and sister awake to find that all the doors and windows have vanished from their house, and their father has disappeared.

 

Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing The Blackening, in theaters now


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227 | The Boogeyman

  • Directed by Rob Savage

  • Written by: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods, Mark Heyman (adapted from Stephen King short story)

  • Stars Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Blair

  • Rated PG-13

  • Runtime: 1hr 38mins 

  • Released June 2, 2023

  • RT: 62% critics, 66% audience 

    Synopsis 

    Sisters grieving the recent death of their mother find that they have a new horror to contend with - a monster that lives in the younger sister’s closet

 

Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing Skinamarink, available on Shudder and AMC+.


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226 | Beau is Afraid

  • Written & Directed by Ari Aster

  • Stars Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone and Amy Ryan

  • Rated R

  • Runtime: 2hr 59mins 

  • Released April 21, 2023 

  • RT: 68% critics, 71% audience 

    Synopsis 

    A man learns of the death of his mother and then experiences the subsequent complete destruction of his life.

 

Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing The Boogeyman, opening in theaters June 2nd.


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225 | Infinity Pool

  • Stars Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth and Cleopatra Coleman

  • Rated R

  • Runtime: 1hr 57mins 

  • Premiered at Sundance January 21, 2023

  • Released January 27, 2023 

  • RT: 86% critics, 52% audience 

    Synopsis 

    A bored couple on vacation in a small foreign country runs afoul of the government and must face an unexpected punishment.

 

Join us next time when we’ll at long last be watching and reviewing Beau is Afraid, currently in theaters.


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224 | Evil Dead Rise

  • Written & Directed by Lee Cronin

  • Stars Mirabai Pease, Anna-Maree Thomas and Alyssa Sutherland

  • Rated R

  • Runtime: 1hr 37mins 

  • Premiered at SXSW March 15, 2023

  • Released April 21, 2023 

  • RT: 85% critics, 80% audience

    Synopsis 

    New book, same old story - this time the evil book is discovered by a young family and possesses their mother. Will her estranged sister be able to save the children and get them out of the apartment building before it’s too late?

 

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing the very fluid-filled movie, Infinity Pool, currently available for rent on various platforms.


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223 | Scream 6

 

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing Ari Aster’s newest, Beau is Afraid, opening in theaters April 21.


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